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By transference is here meant the communication of force without a change of its degree or intrinsic character.

By transformation of force is to be understood that transference of force which occurs when the activity of a higher degree sets in action a lower degree. This is sometimes called the metamorphosis of force. It is optional which term is used, if it is employed with a correct idea of the process of which the term is but a name. In the transformation of force the force of one degree is not changed into that of another degree. When love from God yields its endeavor in the will of man, the will acts according to its own quality. When the will passes its endeavor to the understanding, the understanding acts according to its own form or knowledge. And when the understanding communicates endeavor to the nerves and muscles, they act according to the nature of their respective organisms. The endeavor proceeds to effect use on the plane and according to the form and quality of the receiving organism. But love from God, the force of the will, the force of the understanding, nervous force, and muscular